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The Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act (H.R. 33, Pub. L. 114–3 (text)) is a bill that amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude volunteer hours of volunteer firefighters and emergency medical personnel from counting towards the calculation of the number of a firm’s full-time employees for purposes of certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act. [1]
A 2004 joint report from RAND Corporation and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) entitled “Protecting Emergency Responders, Volume 3” called for enhanced protection of emergency workers in future emergency events and described several areas of improvement. [6]
A sign informing motorists of the state move-over law at a New York State Thruway service area. A move over law is a law which requires motorists to move over and change lanes to give safe clearance to law enforcement officers, firefighters, ambulances, utility workers, and in some cases, tow-truck drivers and disabled vehicles.
Critics warn OSHA's Emergency Response proposal is too sweeping, costly and could force volunteer fire departments out of existence. OSHA plans major update to Fire Brigade standards. Why ...
In 2008, the National Response Team began a multi-agency effort to draft guidelines for protecting the health of emergency responders in the event of future disasters. [24] The product of this effort, the Emergency Responder Health Monitoring and Surveillance framework, was published in 2012. [25]
Del Mar College has invested $1.7 million in new emergency response training props and equipment to help train students as well as Coastal Bend industry employees.
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